Tag: Caroline Golon

BLIND RUNNER GETS SPECIALLY TRAINED GUIDE DOG

Guide dogs are known to perform incredible duties for the humans they assist but one smart dog has become the first ever guide dog officially trained to accompany his handler on marathon training runs! According to a story in Runner’s World, Klinger, a two-year-old German Shepherd, is the first dog to be specially trained through
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ZOO DOG CARES FOR ABANDONED ZOO BABIES

A dog who was once abandoned himself now cares for abandoned baby zoo animals. According to a Cincinnati.com story, Blakely, a 5-year-old Australian Shepherd, works at the Cincinnati Zoo in Cincinnati, Ohio, watching over zoo babies who were orphaned or abandoned by their mothers. The dog came to the zoo when he was seven months
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FAMILY DOG SAVES DROWNING TODDLER

It’s every parent’s nightmare: finding their young child unresponsive in a swimming pool. But thanks to the heroics of a dog named Bear, one family’s son survived what could have been a terrible tragedy. According to the Sturgis Journal, Patricia Drauch of Marcellus, Michigan was outside gardening. Her 14-month-old son, Stanley and their black lab,
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MEET JUDY, THE HERO DOG WHO WAS A WWII POW

For some British soldiers in WWII, the only reason they survived was due to the bravery and loyalty of a military dog named Judy. In 1945, Judy was awarded the United Kingdom’s Dickin Medal, which honors the wartime service of animals. According to National Geographic, Judy, a purebred English pointer, began her career as somewhat
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